Harry loves the flawed, yet beautiful SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN!

I loved SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN. There are nitpicks. I think the Duke’s son is a waste of a character. The obsidian shard creatures are without personality or real menace to me. And I still love Walt Disney’s original animated classic as being the fairest in the land… BUT – I still love SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN.

There will be a division on the film – and that division will officially set up shop discussing the merits & faults of Kristen Stewart. My nephew thought the Evil Queen was more beautiful than Snow White – and he is right. But the question the mirror answers isn’t who’s the most badass babe in the land, it’s “Who’s the fairest in the land?”

Going back to the original Walt Disney adaptation – upon which we have all been raised. Heigh-Ho was my first favorite song – according to this record my father had of asking me what my favorite things were every year of my life. HEIGH-HO won 3 years straight. To be unseated by RAMBLIN’ MAN. Then PINBALL WIZARD. I was an odd kid, still am. BUT in that original SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARVES, I always thought the Evil Queen was hotter than Snow White.

For me, the story of SNOW WHITE is not about a vanity contest, it’s about who is the fairest in the land. I defined that word, not with a dictionary and not by explanation from adults. This thought process of mine is entirely mine.

The Evil Queen is in fact EVIL. Evil is notably unFAIR EVIL kills our parents, takes our loved ones, turns the land to ash and starves children. EVIL sucks the beauty out of virginal hotties. EVIL wants to rip out SNOW WHITE’s heart and consume it. All of this is notably unfair.

I also have never particularly felt that the EVIL QUEEN’s mirror was particularly SERVING HER. Genies and magical sentient creatures are notably bastards to the people that possess and bark out commands to the enslaved all-powerful beings trapped inside of these objects. I always thought that the slave in the mirror told the Evil Queen that SNOW WHITE was the fairest in the land… because the mirror knows that this knowledge is actually the Queen’s undoing. That her vanity is her undoing, something that I think a mirror spirit would be the greatest juror ever about that particular subject.

The MIRROR sees all and yet – I don’t feel the mirror is lying to the Queen. SNOW WHITE is the fairest in the land. “FAIREST” to me is more about a person’s disposition, overall beauty and lastly… the gentle kindness of SNOW WHITE.

NOW – let’s discuss the two women playing opposites here.

Charlize Theron, since I first saw her in the trailer for 2 DAYS IN THE VALLEY has been one of those mighty cinematic fantasies that is just impossible to shake. Charlize is sexual, intelligent, smolderingly hot. She is constantly aware of her hotness, but in this role, she plays the Queen as fragile & fleeting beauty. Like in a lot of Witch stories, each use of her magic saps her beauty. For me, Charlize’s dip into the cake ball frosting bath… god damn that’s hot. It just is. She’s a modern woman trapped in a period of misogyny and outright demeaning treatment of women – and she is blind to her own monstrousness… as she’s far more obsessed with the general awesome of being Charlize Theron and treating men as they would treat her. AS she should, mind you.

Kristen Stewart. It’s so easy to be a hater. People love picking on her, but having seen everything she’s done, I like her. ADVENTURELAND was the film where I fell for her as a lead actress. As SNOW WHITE – I absolutely get her. This is a girl who lost her mother and father, the queen and king, when she was just a little girl. Her evil step mother literally KILLED her father. And locked her in a tower from the age of like 10 till she reached her Kristen Stewartness. In that time, she was apparently not abused, but was locked in a tower. So when she makes her escape and goes off into the world, snorts some strange dark forest hallucinogenics, meets Thor, then runs into Dwarves that – I have to say – it’s the most whimsically awesome use of visual effects I’ve seen in a very long time and it was absolutely unmistakably killer. But back to Stewart… Throughout the film she wanders off led by curiosity, again this is to her spirit. When a character is dying, the grace and comfort she gives that character is otherworldly. The Dwarves sense it, it’s not just how Kristen Stewart acts, but how she makes characters act just when she’s near. They become better people. She brings that out of them, makes them feel more alive. Within the Disney-Fantasy-verse we refer to these things as Princess Powers. She does get a bit Warrior Princess on us, but she’s allowed by that point. She still regrets every blow, like Bruce Lee. She has a lack of confidence, but then, she had been locked in a tower as guards stared at her since the age of 10. I’m sure that would make her conversation skills rather dazzling. No, I think Kristen Stewart is playing her just right. She’s weathered imprisonment dazzlingly.

Then there’s Chris Hemsworth aka THE HUNTSMAN aka THOR… Excuse me while I lay on the side of the bed with my legs kicking up behind me, because I just adore Chris Hemsworth. The guy is sculpted to be heroic. In fact, just watching this film – you can believe that this is actually in fact THOR. You know, like one of those times where Thor really pissed off his Dad and he was banished to Earth with no memory and he had to suffer a human life until he had attained the proper enlightenment when again he would become the God of Thunder, THOR! He’s a drunkard. He is a man of grief. Since the death of the king, the world has gone to rot. He is motivated by personal gain, but as the story continues that changes – not abruptly, but gradually.

This is all magic shit. You know how in EXCALIBUR, if the king was sick the land would wither. This film subscribes to that kind of magic lieges. I love that. When you see the various areas of this land we explore… the flora and fauna are truly imaginative. They do faeries and they do not suck. The one on the bunny made me smile big enough to produce a single tear. It was just a perfect fantasy image.

There’s something just so adorable about the dwarves and it is not at all weird to me. It’s completely pulled off. Seeing Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Toby Jones, Ian McShane as Dwarves was just sublimely perfect. There’s a shot of Chris Hemsworth’s Huntsman kind of sharing a shoulder with Dwarf Ian McShane and it’s just perfect. The eye contact, the physical contact… it is an effortless visual effect, but if you think about what you’re seeing you know… THAT CAN NOT BE REAL. Loved it. I love the Dwarf songs. You believe that this gaggle of Dwarves are friends. Their charisma together is just wondrous. I was never not smiling with them on screen.

I got drunk on the atmosphere and creeps of the world this film takes place in. The initial Dark Forrest stuff is great, but the Sanctuary stuff is the best. To enjoy this film to it’s fullest, I found it was as simple as just sitting back and letting the tale be told. The visuals and key performances just work to sell this fantasy world.

You’ll see some critics trying to equate this film to things like EXCALIBUR & PAN’S LABYRINTH or Ridley Scott’s LEGEND. I think the film succeeds better in many ways than LEGEND, but those other two films are far and away better. And nothing in this is as great as Tim Curry’s DARKNESS. But make no mistake, there’s no threat to EXCALIBUR’s pure perfect awesomeness. EXCALIBUR is a thoroughly adult fantasy film. SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN is just intense family entertainment. There’s a number of better films in the genre. I love LABYRINTH, the Henson one. DARK CRYSTAL. There’s even a part of me that still prefers LEGEND, though that is just such a stunningly beautiful film that is utterly a confusing jumble as a story. Still love it though.

For me, the best thing about the film is that we have a new director to track. Rupert Sanders has done a fantastic job with this film. I’m wildly curious to see what this guy does next. The atmosphere on this film is so thick you can cut it with a butter knife and spread it on bread. The DP was Greig Fraser, who did a great job shooting LET ME IN. Greatest mistake for me in the film? Not having that Troll come lend a hand for that end battle. I just wanted more of that amazing Troll. It’s just fantastic.

On my way out of the theater, a little girl and her family were walking behind me and the little 6-8 year old girl proudly declared that she wasn’t scared at all in the movie and that she’s brave. That’s exactly how this film should play for little girls – it’s a wonderful fantasy princess tale! The film is flawed, but the vision of the movie kind of demands to be seen in ideal situations on a big screen.

And Tim Curry's DARKNESS is just a villain to behold.
That being said, I'm up for this movie mainly bc of Charlize Theron's beautifully evil portrayal of the Queen. The dwarves, Thor, all that's just icing on the cake.
Though I must say, the director's aesthetic is very attractive too.

I concur, she was very good in the runaways. I honestly don't know why a lot of guys on the internet seem to not like her. Good looking girl, slim but attractive body. Good actress. Is it really just because of those vampire movies? What actress in their right mind would have turned down that role? I think she has been good in just about every role I have ever seen her in.

She's certainly drawn as 14 tops.
So the original evil queen's self-imposed hotness competition has a creepy pedo vibe to it, when you watch it with a modern eye.
There's a creepy pedo undertone to Gepetto and Pinocchio in the original Disney version of that film, too.
More on topic, Kristen Stewart's not that bad, and the haterz should give her a break.

I thought Harry LOVED heist films. Additionally, he frigging admits that he snoozed during the film.
If that's the case, he shouldn't even be commenting on it
Roger Ebert did us all a disservice by elevating this hack to National notice. Luckily, there are so many more sites where the reviewers do their due diligence, actually provide scoops and don't let their sites look like something any 15 year old taking a web-design class these days couldn't surpass.

Spoiler alert on this review... well I just read it and I dont feel spoiled in the least. Anyone spot one?
This review seems to be a vacuous look at the cult of celebrity around the various actors, Stewart, Theron, Hemsworth. The one moment it slips into something tangible is where Harry states that it's better than LEGEND. However later in the same paragraph Harry backtracks and says maybe it isn't better than LEGEND.
I get the impression Harry thought it was a mediocre movie with some cool redeeming qualities, but that's reading between the lines. Readers know no more about the film having read this review than before they started.

Visually, this film is awesome, and Theron, Hemsworth and the dwarfs are great, but Kristen doesn't have the looks or charisma to lead a big fantasy action movie like this. The script doesn't make her character compelling enough, and there's not much of a plot - just a bunch of setpieces strung together. Not a bad film, but could have been a lot better.

Harry,
I have read enough of your reviews to know that you seem to review movies with a stronger tilt towards sentimentality rather than objective review of the film as a piece of work. I understand this, as some flawed movies can make you feel something greater than the most technically proficient movie, thats why its art. But I have to ask, how can you not possibly like Inception, or rather, how could you possibly have wanted more from it. Beyond being a technically beautiful piece of work, the film was heady. I mean that there was deeper meaning to it.
The simple idea as expressed in the movie by Cobb as "...Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate." That line alone struck such a cord with me. As all of us are influenced at one point in our life by an idea that is big than ourselves, at least to us it is big. This idea will control our lives, even if we may not be conciously aware of it. And this idea could be purposefully planted by parents, relatives, friends, or other adults (as happens in the movie). This idea simply may seep into our subconcious and will dictate our lives possibly for as long as that life is lived. I loved the concept of planting ideas in peoples minds via their dreams. It may not have been the most original story, but it definitely wasn't the most unoriginal. For me, someone who doesn't believe in conspiracy theories, but loves reading and hearing about them, the idea of inception fit right into my imagination. It fit loosley with imaginings of governmental control, alien control, psychic control, nightmare horrors, and much else.
Also I loved the open question, the questioning of reality left at the end of the movie. Is the world i reside in real or a dream, a dream fantasy left by another controling entity or even myself. How do I know what is real and what isn't. These are all basic questions/statements of larger philosophical thoughts of interest to me and I found them aplenty when I viewed Inception. Now maybe these ideas/questions don't interest you and perhaps I could understand you dislike of Inception based on that lack of interest. But I am at a loss to you statement that you wanted more from that movie than you got. There is plenty there to get, technically and philosophically.
However I respect you view and perhaps my simple mind was amused by simple things. I should probably go back and read your review again, I haven't because I'm lazy.
Keep reviewing and I'll keep reading.

Throughout the film she wanders off led by curiosity (TWILIGHT).
Again this is to her spirit (BREAKING DAWN).
When a character is dying, the grace and comfort she gives that character is otherworldly.(ECLIPSE)
They become better people. She makes them feel more alive.(ALL VAMPIRES IN TWILIGHT SAGA)
Princess Powers (BREAKING DAWN).
She does get a bit Warrior Princess on us (BREAKING DAWN part 2),
but she’s allowed by that point.(YEP, BREAKING DAWN PART.2 AGAIN)
She still regrets every blow (TWILIGHT SAGA). She has a lack of confidence (OBVIOUSLY)

acesup, sadly you put more energy into your post above than Harry did into his INCEPTION review. Anyone that admits dozing off during a screening is clearly not doing their best work.
And blaming a film for MAKING you fall asleep. Don't go there. No.
Ironically, the greatest gift that superb movie may have given Harry is an Inception of its own. Whenever it's mentioned now Harry feels a shudder of cold negativity flow through his bones. He knows he fucked up with his review, but in his mind that negativity is transferred from his own failings over to the film itself.
So now he truly BELIEVES it's a bad film. Inception in practice. That shit works!

actually - I do "like" INCEPTION - that's the problem. With the hype leading up to it, I thought the film was meant of reboot the universe of awesome - and instead I thought it was just an amazing LOOKING film that not nearly enough awesome occurred in, for me.

When he compliments things, which he always does, he sometimes doesn't really mean it! If he gives a line or two to something it's probably pretty bad.
The way he talks about Kristen Stewart here, I can tell he's just being nice.
Most of the lines he wrote were not about her performance in this movie but rather about performances in other movies.
And the compliments he gave weren't all that special.
Result: There are some cool things about this movie, but Kristen Stewart sucks

You got caught up in the hype for Inception! You should know better!
I hope you admission at this time isn't a precursor to bad tidings over the hype of Prometheus, but that's a whole different thread.
Your "like" seems very tepid, but I understand that sometimes you watch a movie and as good as it is, you want more. The imagination knows no bounds and unfortunately celluloid does. Hype be damned! I feel many good/great movies have had fanboy geeks and critics alike succumb to overinflated expectations. Only upon further viewing does one realize the greatness of some films, but then one is cursed to be labeled a "bandwagoner".
I thought Inception had enough awesome in it, but hey, to each his own.
Maybe one day, you'll come to see things my way!

*I thought the film was meant of reboot the universe of awesome - and instead I thought it was just an amazing LOOKING film that not nearly enough awesome occurred in, for me. *
Deciphering that is like staring into the black hole of *all your base are belong to us* and coming out the other side a spiritually enlightened prophet.
Harry, the problem is that we all know when you say not enough awesome occured, you are looking back to your previous faves like SPIDERMAN 3, GREEN LANTERN, and GODZILLA.
You have uber enthusiasm for movies which I love. Im hoping you can get your critical faculties just a little more tuned in time for PROMETHEUS and THE DARK KNIGHT RISES. Big reviews on the way my friend - stay sharp, check you grammar and give us your best work!

The choice by kristen stewart to do the Twilight Saga was a bit of a double edged sword. Sure, she would get fame beyond her wildest dreams, but very likely no respect. And that is exactly what has happened.
But I have to say, prior to the Twilight, I was a fan of Kristen Stewart and still am. I NOTICED her prior to Twilight and looked forward to movies she would be in, hoping that she would develop. She just had a look that was appealing. She was memorable in Into the Wild and I thought as she aged she would develop nicely. Unfortunately she still looks like a little girl, but she was good in Runaways and hopefully she develop as an actress over time. Sure the lack of physicality, specifically the lack of a womens body, is kinda of despiriting. But something about her was appealing to me when I first saw her and kinda still is.
I loathe the Twilight movie, but then I only saw the first one. It was god awful to me.
Kristen is no Charlize Theron (Oscar, hello!!!!), so it seems unfair to compare them. Man o Man, is Charlize fine.

...At Rotten Tomatoes right now. Although even the ones that are marked as positive were saying this is style over substance. Much like Battleship, I'm not really sure who this is supposed to be marketed for, or why two rehashes of this story were necessary this year. Were people clamoring for Snow White movies or something?

Fuck..can someone please explain this to me? I've been gone too long and forgotten how to translate Harry Speak.
For the fuck of me I can't read that line without some rather unsavory imagery of grease, Pudding, Doritos and Orca shaped anal dongs popping into my head and taking me right out of what was to that point a fairly mature review.
I like you Harold...but damn dude.

Maybe Harry is leading us on a lifetime's worth of confusingly placed words with mismanaged phrasing whilst toiling away on his multi-volume ode to film.<P>
But what will the title be?<P>
Cocoa Infused Kitten Excretions?<P>
Knowling Is Half the Battle?<P>
Celluloid & Cholesterol?<P>
This could be a fun little game right here.

Charlize Theron would be a good turn as Lady of the Green Kirtle in a Narnia 'Silver Chair' once Jadis the White Witch has done her final dash too i'd say in taking over the mantle.
And in that scenario I'd make a great Prince Rilian by the ways.

Legend has some very pretty pictures in it but I find it completely dull as a story...Excalibur I never really loved UNTIL I saw the latest HD transfer of it. It was a revelation, as the only memory I had was the shitty pan and scan version I first saw. Now I think it's a near masterpiece.

...the place where jealous, whiny fanboys go to put their anger out into the world. I mean, seriously...you're all jealous of Harry. Before you go all rude and shit talking about his appearance, let me clarify. Harry has been through a world of shit in regard to his health. I can't even imagine the toll it's taken on him.
In spite of this, Harry is still able to enjoy movies. Movies are the love of his life (sorry, Yoko), and he gets to watch them and love them FOR A LIVING. That's fucking rad. And I think he's actually been sincere.
I'll admit to being a bit of an ass to Harry at various points in the past, but I will own my jealousy. I would kill to do what Harry does. Hell, I would kill most of you! JUST KIDDING. But no...
Seriously. Stop being dicks.

Inception was not a bad movie, but I too was overwhelmed. Nolan could have done so much more crazy shit with the setup. All the dreams seemed too based in reality. They could have been scarier, more abstract, insane places than they were.
Also, if I had to watch the damned van fall off the bridge in slow motion any longer...

You'll know the shot the second you see it. Gal's is on the bed, maybe twirling the phone cord in her finger, gabbing about some hot guy, legs up in the air? Yeah, like that. Oddly, the only example I can think of is Mr. Burns doing it on The Simpsons.
That's all I got.

I just skip straight to the talkback and bask in all the venom-spitting hate and ridicule.
Oh, and FYI people: My grandmama's cunt flaps billow and flap like superman's cape caught in a breeze. Think about it.

To fool the person they wanted to do an inception or extraction on into thinking they were in reality. It gave Cobb and his team of dream thieves a level of control that way, so they could manipulate the dreamer into giving up something or in the case of inception, allowing the implantation of the idea to feel more real and concrete. Also, if it is too damn weird, there is no grounding for the dream thieves, and they could have probably gotten lost in their own damn dreamscape.
Early in the film, there was some quick exposition that the military initially developed the dream-sharing technology for training soldiers. This would be done with more real world scenarios (say soldiers in current day gear fighting terrorists or foreign military and not a training scenario of futuristic supersoldiers where they fight alien dragons or some such cool but way more out there scenario).
Overall though, there was actually some pretty dreamlike and out of the ordinary imagery. The folding city for one. How about the Penrose stairs? Or the dreamworld that Dom Cobb and his wife Mal had lived in for a long time, which was that sterile and surreal unpopulated city? Then later we see the city crumbling and in ruin. I thought that had a very dreamlike feel. As in not all dreams are far out crazy LSD trips. I think most people will admit that some of the most powerful dreams are the ones that truly blur reality with the surreal or the unreal. Inception had that feel to its dreamscapes.
Now, I also love the totally out there stuff too. The Cell for example is a lot of fun. It is a different approach.

Finally realized how much it hurt your cred, didn't you, Harry?
I am a huge Batman fan and also a big Avengers fan, so i really don't care which movie is doing better since I think you can't compare them and its a great time for us to have both, BUT... just for you Harry, I hope TDKR completely wipes Avengers from the minds of moviegoers. Just to piss you off.

Snow White isn't suppossed to be hotter necessarily. The Queens more like a milf who is threatened by jailbait ass. That's what the Queen's so pissed about, her used goods and botox melting while Snow White's running her ass around in the forest without a bra on while her nipples slap her chin.

thanks for saving me from typing that out. I'm not such a snob that i think everyone that didn't like the movie didn't get it, but i think in Harry's case, its accurate, he didn't. probably because of the exposition he missed whilst having his ickle nap.
I genuinely think he thought one of the levels should have been full of huge boobed valkyrie's, riding horses that shit cheeseburgers and piss milkshake, and have some of them tell Cillian Murphy to break up his dads company in the midst of a Wagnerian opera, and he missed that the point was for him to think it's an original thought.

been a long time since I've been here. Harry still gives a pass to any movie that has pretty sparkles, Herc is still shilling for amazon, and ScoreKeeper's biggest contribution to this site is his give-aways. Never change, aicn, never change.

justpassing, you're not the only one who raised an eyebrow over Harrys percieved definition of *fairness*.
In medieval terms fairness denotes beauty, but in Harry's mind it seems to be about honesty.
In other words, some old hag who sells eggs at a very reasonable rate down the market would be fairer than Charlize Theron. Wtf.

A lot of guys seem to have grown up with it and love it, and it must just be one of those movies if you saw it at the time it did something for you. But I saw it for the first time last year and found it pretty lousy. Poor storytelling, not much action, really poor production value (they must've spent most of the budget on vaseline for the lens). The guy playing Arthur was good though. He handled the character arc of naive boy to majestic ruler with a really solid performance.

You fat fucking fraud. It's a little film about Nazi's on the moon that you should have your greasy paws all over. Finishing in the UK this week, it's been popular on lots of festivals and across Europe.
What's the matter? Didn't they give you any presents? Or is it, and I suspect this is actaully the case, that they funded it through crowd sourcing without an ounce of help from the self-proclaimed "Headgeek".
You're a fucking disgrace.
Seriously, 5 fucking reviews for MIB 3. Do you have any semblance of editorial policy? Or was it pure hit bait drivel. You, Knowles, are squandering the chance that most would kill for.
Still, that Twilight review will be all worth it.

It was just an average movie that hadn't aged too well. I'm glad I finally saw it. I get that guys (usually guys in their early 40s) call it a classic because it made a big impact on them when they saw it as kids. That's fine.

...teaching us to love, for goddness sake.
I can't think of a film that wears its heart on its sleeve quite so insanely openly. It's just pure, raw, insane, girly, sappy, crazy fantasy and it doesn't give a shit.
And if you haven't watched it recently, (since Voyager or even Gremlins 2), worth it for Robert Picardo.

Some aspects of it are great, but the overall movie isn't. Tom Cruise is kinda miscast, but to be fair, they also seem to have trouble finding things for him to do or ways to make him heroic.
I think I heard that they had all these big actions sequences planned. One would've been Cruise leading a big seige on the fortress of darkness, but they couldn't afford to film that stuff so you mostly just get Cruise locked in a cage and running around in the snow or whatever.
It's a good enough movie though. Worth watching, even today.

As always: screw the haters! I love these kinds of movies that allow my little girl to feel empowered. The extreme fantasy of what Harry describes excites me as well. I want my daughter to see that a princess can be fair and gentle and still kick some serious ass as well.
I really don't get all the hate. It looks awesome.

=Within the Disney-Fantasy-verse we refer to these things as Princess Powers=
=They do faeries and they do not suck. The one on the bunny made me smile big enough to produce a single tear.=
You're pretty fucked up. You know that right?

Dicaprio held it down nicely and I love me some Juno, Ellen Page (yeah, I reference another character from another movie, soooo), but the only thing out of this world memorable for me was the cityscape folding on itself. That was f'ing awesome! The movie crumbled on it's own weight when it morped into a freaking James Bond movie! Jus Sayin...
As for Harry's take on Snow White, consider me way above curious now. I wasn't feeling the CGI work from the trailers, but if it comes together nicely in context of the whole (Knowles definitely believe so), I am in the movie theater seat tomorrow. So , it's surely big screen for me on this one. By the way no such hesitation on Prometheus (no one's words will keep me away from a necessary cinema wide experience with live bodies around me. ; ) )

...why everyone hates Harry so much but comes to his site everyday. The man loves movies so obviously he is going to find things he likes in most movies he sees. I really don't think Harry is a film critic. He is just a great big fan of cinema and has a forum to espouse his opinions.
Good review Harry, I am looking forward to seeing this one too.

...I kind of see where Harry was coming from with Inception. I think it's a brilliantly crafted film, smart, well acted (even by Ellen Page), intriguing. But I think the lack of any real character development or emotional through line renders it a completely intellectual enterprise. It's cold, almost clinical. And as well edited as it is, Nolan cut to that van s-l-o-w-l-y falling into the water one too many times for my tastes. That whole final act is incredibly intense - up to a point. Then it goes beyond that point. Doesn't excuse falling asleep during it, though.
Interested in Snow White.

Please more detail. Were you wearing tighty whities? Were you close enought to things to make out certain odors? Was Thor there with you? Was he facing you or was his back turned? Was Yoko watching? I see a midget version of you in all four corners of the room meditating while holding a mythical crystal of some kind. My imagination is going wild!

Excalliber will never for me come in the same league as Legend.
Legend's story is'nt at all jumbled or confusing for me. it's purity is it's simplicity. I can't imagine anyone producing a work as close to perfect as that film.

Not gonna do much to stop piracy, especially since budgets are too large, talent is way overpaid, hence ticket prices are beyond the reach of most people while most of the movies in the last 20 years that came from the studios absolutely suck...but way to give it a go!

Say no more! We already know you define every word in your own little head. Same goes for the rules defining grammar! Seriously, you write like an illiterate child. Pay for an editor to make sense of the ramblings if you can't be bothered to learn how to use the English language.

I've only dated one girl as unattractive as Kristen Stewart. The rest have been various shades of attractive, with a couple being as pretty as Charlize. And I'm sure many Talkbackers could make the same claim.
We're not all fat fucks, dumb cunts and ugly bastards!!! Movies are enjoyed and discussed by normal looking people too you know.

I don't always agree with you but your reviews invariably show how much you love movies, and that's very cool. Half the commenters here seem to be expecting a different kind of review process. I don't understand why. Maybe you should all reread the About info or something.
Will I go see this? Ehhhh...maybe DVD it.

i mean all of the adaptions of snow white have a hot evil queen going up against a less hotter snow white. ONCE UPON A TIME is the perfect
example. lana parilla is 1000 times hotter than ginnifer goodwin.

it was a solid movie, but it honestly wasnt funny and it was predictable. it was like some sort of weird juno/superbad/that 70s show mishmash. absolutely fucking dumbfounded at the love that movie gets.

I actually like reading them, but I can't take them seriously as an actual opinion because he likes every fucking movie that comes out. I'm not saying that's bad, hell more power to him, but it's not exactly the best attribute for a movie critic.

In the run up to this movie I have consistently seen AICN writers claiming Stewart is a good actress based on Adventureland, and I'm always wondering what they saw. She's bland, dull, and lifeless in those films, there's nothing about these films that suggests she has any kind of range beyond being perhaps a tolerable presence in otherwise mediocre films, a bar which it sounds like she may have yet again reached for this film.

As in "fair complexion, not "equitable" (why the hell would an evil queen give a rat's ass about "equity?") Changing the definition of words just to fit your own beliefs is just ignorant -- a dog doesn't magically become a cat just because I call it one. At the time this story was written, "light-skinned" was synonymous with "beautiful" and "pleasing to look at." Even today, people in India or China often equate light-colored skin with being beautiful -- the darker your skin, the lower your status, because it means you have to work in the sun. It's both class and race mixed in one ugly, bigoted package.

My wife made me see this movie today. Little did I know I was going to be seeing Snow White warrior princess. She even gives a Braveheart style speech in this movie before leading her troops into battle. People in Hollywood really are out of ideas!

ever NOT like a movie? I'm not a constant visitor of this site, but I think that's why; everyone loves everything around here, even the crap.
Starting to think these guys get studio kick-backs to say good shit. And undoubtedly (this being a notorious website for being chock full of every Troll, Dick, & Fucky), I'm likely the zillionth person to express this - sorry bout that.

Legend definitely has some good shit in it but it's not a good movie. I totally hate the honeythorn gump. He ruins the movie for me.
Yes, I saw Excalibur when I was very young but there's a bunch of movies that I liked when I was little and now think they are total shit so that argument doesn't hold water. And to the guy who saw it for the first time recently- you ONLY liked Arthur? Gimme a fucking break. Merlin steals the show. Helen Mirren as Morgana? Helloooo

You were blatant and sometimes a little mean with your honesty. That was cool because it was the truth and you didn't care who you pissed off when you wrote it. All you cared about was the quality of the flick. Not anymore though. I have no idea what happened along the way (maybe success and hanging around all the people you idolized in the biz), but I'd let the rest of the guys here write the reviews from now on if I were you and just keep to overseeing the site. Your objectivity has been sorely compromised.

Much was done well, and Hemsworth is a great Huntsman. Sanctuary was indeed enchanting (although a bit of a low-rent Avatar). However, the forest spirit was completely unnecessary AND an unforgivable rip-off of Princess Mononoke. Shame, shame, shame on whoever came up with that character.

Ok then to start with i liked Snow White and the Huntsman not a huge amount but enough to recommend it,but ive just seen mirror mirror and i loved it..not liked but loved it snow was prettier the dwarves were better and though charize edged it in the wicked witch department julia did a great job as well ...frankly i have to say i had a better time watching mirror mirror than Snow White and the Huntsman by far

i wanted to love this movie more than anyone. I FUCKING FELL ASLEEP THREE TIMES!
has an actor/actress ever been so severely miscast as kristen stewart in this movie? does this woman ever smile? how the hell can you be snow white and NEVER SMILE? she had the exact same look on her face while facing the possibility of having her face eaten by a troll as when she was in an enchanted forest surrounded by fairies. WTF?
this movie could have been three hours of charlize changing in and out of ever increasingly intricate and awesome queen outfits while screaming at and slapping underlings and i would have been in heaven.
never have i seen so much promise and potential in a movie trailer. my imagination was utterly exploding with possibilities! only to be so utterly disappointed by the movie itself. harry, did you even watch this movie? maybe you just reviewed the trailer...

There's not much to like at all in this film. There's so cool shots but the story is boring and makes zero sense. Why didn't the queen just kill SNow WHite in the beginning? Everyone assumed she was dead for a reason... because it made perfect sense to kill her if she was a threat to her age and throne. Stupid... The rest of the movie consisted of run from bad guys, bad guys catch up, repeat.
I can't believe anyone in their right mind would recommend this to someone. A complete mess. And snow white leading the battle at the end after spending her whole like in jail??? give me a break...

My girlfriend said after the movie the only scene she liked was the white elk scene... then I reminded her it was a rip-off of Princess Mononoke. So the only cool scene was a blatant rip-off not even as good as the source.

Guess you probably won't see this now, but I'll post it anyway - Picardo in Legend is Meg Mucklebones; so basically, unrecognizable. Really cool when you know it is him / have seen him in other stuff though.

I have two daughters (5 and 7) and I CAN'T WAIT to show them this film. I'm thinking xmas after the youngest turns 6. It'll blow their minds like Willow / Legend / The Neverending Story (How DARK was The Nothing?!) / Dark Crystal did to me when I was a nipper. Superb fantastic stuff.